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Larry Nassar Among the 20,000 Individuals Removed from Michigan’s Sex Offender Registry
By Natasha Dye Published on October 2, 2026 02:35PM EDT
Larry Nassar, the ex-USA Gymnastics doctor who sexually assaulted hundreds of athletes, is among the 20,000 offenders removed from Michigan’s Sex Offender Registry List.
According to a post from the Eaton County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, offenders who committed their crimes before 2011 are no longer required to register after the Michigan Supreme Court ruled on Sept. 9 that amendments made to the Sex Offender Registration Act (SORA) in 2021 cannot retroactively require offenders to register.
The Michigan State Police removed more than 20,000 offenders whose crimes were committed before July 1, 2011, from the SORA database, according to USA Today and CBS.
Nassar, 63, is among the offenders scrubbed from the list, the Eaton County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office confirmed by sharing a screenshot of his name in the database’s search, which showed zero results.
When several commenters claimed Nassar’s removal from the database was not factual, the prosecuting attorney’s office explained: “The date is for the date of the offenses not the date of conviction. The post is not false, as the charging documents for Nassar all reference crimes committed prior to 2011.”
In 2018, Nassar was sentenced to up to 175 years in prison for sexually abusing women and girls for decades during his time at Michigan State University and as a Team USA Gymnastics doctor.
More than 150 women and girls have accused Nassar of assault, including gymnasts Aly Raisman, Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney and Gabby Douglas. Nassar pleaded guilty in November 2017 to several counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct.
Assistant District Attorney Angela Povilaitis said in court during Nassar’s sentencing, “We know without a doubt after these seven days — what we and this team have known for 16 months — [Nassar] is perhaps the most prolific child molester in history … who spared no one.”
In December 2017, Nassar was convicted of possessing 37,000 images of child pornography and tampering with evidence, and was subsequently sentenced to 60 years in federal prison. A jury then found Nassar guilty of several counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct in connection with Michigan’s Ingham County Circuit Court in January 2018. He was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in state prison.
In 2023, Nassar was stabbed numerous times by an inmate in a federal prison. He survived the attack and remains incarcerated.
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